1 Samuel 1:8

1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? ¹  Am I not better to you than ten ²  sons?”

1 Samuel 4:16

4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli ³  asked, “How did things go, my son?”

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ⁴  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 21:8

21:8 David said to Ahimelech, “Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don’t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king’s instructions.”

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

[1:8]  ² sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

[4:16]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”